I've been messing with a pink Z Nuke again and it does really bomb. Last night I had my best drive ever on a hole I've played a million times. It's got a low ceiling straight tunnel gap all the way to the basket (390'-400'), but most throw at a wider hyzer gap or throw a long gradual anhyzer. The Boss finishes too stable for the straight gap, and I've not been able to get a slower disc to fly that low all the way to the basket. The Z Nuke just hit it perfectly...It looked like a stretched out Buzzz shot. Anyway, I think I passed over this disc too quickly after it came out and I'm gonna be testing it some more. Right now I'm carrying a Hurricane for anhyzers/turnovers, a Z Nuke for Straight shots, and a Star Boss for overstable/wind distance.
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Discraft Z Nuke
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jnecessary
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In the last few weeks I have had 2-3 of my most beautiful and accurate drives with the Z Nuke, 173, one of the domey first run and a bit flippier ones. They excel at bombs in a tailwind as well as insane distance on a low line. I had one accidental shot that as at most 5' off the ground, maybe 4' on a 380' hole...as soon as I let it go, I turned around and dropped my head because most discs would have been a 150' worm burner, but the Nuke sat on that low line all the way to pin high! I do have to toss it with a hyzer, I would love to get a flat top (supposed to be more stable according to Discraft pro Adam Olsen) for some big flex shots and distance with a touch of headwind.discspeed said:
DiscZombie
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Glo Nukes at sunking are in.
Muddyboots
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Yeah, 4 left right now. Glad I pre-ordered.
After today, the Z Nuke is 100% in the bag. I have 4 different ones currently, and they all fly similarly. My favorite is my red one (174). Anyway, today I bombed 3 of my best drives of the year on my home course's big D holes. Each time the Nuke got the exact amount of high speed turn that I was looking for and then faded back consistently. I took my Nukes and my Star Bosses out to a field/park yesterday as well. It a nutshell, with the wind the Nuke was longer, against it the Boss was longer. It seemed like the Boss was a tick faster, but the Nuke seemed to have a significant glide advantage. I threw some safari holes (crazy shots over ponds/soccer fields/parking lots/buildings) and I got the Nuke on the perfect booming helix nearly every throw. My Bosses were too stable when I had to throw them up in the air. They go farther on lower lines for me. Anyway, in most conditions the Z Nuke is the longest disc I've thrown. I also point blanked some trees and the Z plastic seems plenty durable, especially compared to the ESPs.
On a different yet related note, I wonder whether they will make new ESP Nukes with the rebuilt Z Nuke mold...I bet then they can use regular ESP mixes rather than the shitty stuff the first runs/memorials were made out of. This would be sweet as I prefer the feel of the new mold and I don't notice much distance difference between the two. The new mold is also less affected by the wind due to it's lower profile.
On a different yet related note, I wonder whether they will make new ESP Nukes with the rebuilt Z Nuke mold...I bet then they can use regular ESP mixes rather than the shitty stuff the first runs/memorials were made out of. This would be sweet as I prefer the feel of the new mold and I don't notice much distance difference between the two. The new mold is also less affected by the wind due to it's lower profile.
JR
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How much longer is the Z Nuke compared to the ESP weight for weight?
Timko
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So I put one of these in my bag this weekend when some friends were in town. I've had one for about a month, but never bothered to take it out. In a word: awesome. They hold lines much better than the original mold while still not being too stable out of the box. I was able to throw it on some large hyzers, hyzer flips, and massive straight "cut" anhyzers. The glide on this thing is remarkable; it seems to glide as well as the ESP Nukes, but seems faster, and has way less left/right play when throwing distance lines.
JR said:
It's probably a tiny bit shorter, but its much more of usable golf disc due to it's ability to hold a line after a tiny bit of high speed turn. For me, once the ESP pushed into its high speed turn it had a life of it's own...usually long, but I didn't feel like I was in much control of it.
Timko
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When I get a bigger bag and carry more than 1 distance driver, the only thing I'll really use my ESP Nukes for are will be long, long anhyzers. I got to the point that those were the only lines I trusted with that disc.
SpikeHyzer
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Yesterday I got a Z-Nuke in my players pack at a tourney. It was a really domey one. I threw it thinking it might be stable...boy was I wrong. This thing took off on a huge glidey turn over right out of the box. I might have to put this thing in my bag for some wide open bombs. I asked AO about this and he said that the Nuke has the opposite effect when it comes to dome. He said the flatter Z-Nukes are more stable than the domey one's.
Timko
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Interesting to hear. I didn't throw the Z Nuke I had for a long time for exactly the reason you described: It had a big dome, and I figured it was going to be very stable. I may need to check out a flatter one too then. I was surprised at how well the Z Nuke still penetrated into a 15 mph headwind even with a dome.
pro-window
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Had an ESP Nuke. Turned it over 200 ft off line right into the river! Will be replacing with the z plastic. I did like it. It was about 50ft longer than my Wraith.
dgdave
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Yup. They made it lower profile to get the weight down to run it in Z
preracing25
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I went and threw my glo nuke today I got it yesterday. I liked the way it flew. Fairly flat for someone with not a ton of snap.
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I haven't had a chance to throw my Glo Nukes yet. Hopefully that will change tomorrow.
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Balls! Max weight Glo Nuke is comparable in stability to 172 Z model. Was really hoping for more overstability, but these are fairly neutral, which might be nice to replace some of the ESPs in the bag. Mine are all 173-174 and pretty flat. Anybody else thrown one?
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